Other - Society & Culture - 3 December 2006

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2006-12-03 11:50:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've recently read that the Netherlands are on their way to legalize Euthanasia for the severely Depressed and Lonely (ex. men and women who cant get girlfriends/boyfriends, involuntary celibates, permanent virgins, senescent folks). The requirement will be proof of the intolerability of the patients life and that the patient has no chance of bettering by way of psychological examination.

This is great news and hope for people like myself who, as a 23 year old American male virgin at an intolerable 5'5" (which will NOT get better), would like nothing more than to go to my local Dr., and obtain a prescription for a drug that will finally put me to a peaceful death.

I know that there are a lot of critics of Euthanasia - I've heard all their vacuous arguments. A person's life belongs only to that particular person - he/she should have the right to relinquish it.

Euthanasia of this kind will no doubt be available to the American public in the future. What are your thoughts?

2006-12-03 11:49:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

" How's about you and me meeting under the mistletoe?"

2006-12-03 11:45:51 · 21 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6

Do some people have a "smell"? I can smell my pregnant neighbor and it drives me nuts. It's like a very, very intense smell that I cannot describe, and no it's not typical stinky BO, even though I find it unpleasant. It's best described as a "must". In public, I smell it in other pregnant women too. The larger they are, the more pungent it is. I can smell other people too. Namely my kids and even myself. Once again, it's not a BO, it's like a signature. Outside of the pregnant people, it's just a distinctive marker for that person. Yet, with them, it's like a must from a wild creature. I know this sounds odd, but if ANYONE knows what I speak of, please reassure me I'm not crazy. My husband thinks I am/..LOL! Thanks.

2006-12-03 11:43:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Considering society's negative view on elderly people, does anyone have any suggestions on how we can shift this perception to a positive one? While at the same time adding to the happiness of the elderly since they'll feel needed.

2006-12-03 11:43:11 · 3 answers · asked by Brandon M 1

Here's the situation: I bought a house 12 years ago. The neighbors to 1 side (must be 90 and senile by now) have been constantly harrassing me ever since I moved in.

They are forever comming onto my property. They caused a handyman I hired for $2500 to walk off the job because they were harassing him too. They leave annoying messages on my answering machine and every week for the past 5 years have moved my trash can from the edge of the driveway, into the middle of the driveway. I get home from work well after dark, must stop the car, move the trash can and then pull into the garage.

I have told them to stay off my property. I have even gone so far as to block their driveway when I was particularly annoyed at having to play their game in the rain. I'm fed up but it seems like such a petty issue to call the police about. What would you do?

Incidently, I keep the trash can in the garage except on collection day.

2006-12-03 11:42:03 · 1 answers · asked by Saundra L 2

I have established two hard core facts about women. From polling and from my own experiences and that of other men.
Here are the facts.
1.) Women prefer men they can change. And 100%of the time these men are not very gentlemenly.
2.) Women often feel that they dont deserve a decent man.
Now certainly these facts dont apply to all women.Id say these facts are unaplicable to about 5% of women. If you are a woman who finds ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH WHAT SO EVER! in the two facts I have stated. Then you are truely a rare and most sought after woman.
Now with these two facts established about women, the question arises. Why on earth are men constantly force fed, by their mothers and other women, to be gentlemen?Why do women force feed men a such a lie?Of all lies to feed men,it is probably the meanest down right hurtful,disapointingl lie ever concocted by the female brain.Men who seriously believe that being a gentlemen gets the girl are hurt in the worst way anyone can be hurt.

2006-12-03 11:37:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ever notice that if a dog or pet is suffering tremendously people have the decency to put them down, but if a person is suffering we make them suffer thru it as long as their bodies will hold out.

2006-12-03 11:34:31 · 14 answers · asked by Red Winged Bandit 4

2006-12-03 11:30:08 · 1 answers · asked by mcamara1987 1

Do people 65 and older really serve a purpose in society, i have a research paper on this topic and need some oppions,. Also why do they always smell?

2006-12-03 11:29:08 · 6 answers · asked by west17lake 2

A man, we'll call him George, is viewing another man's portrait. In reference to this man in the portrait, George says "brothers and sisters, I have none, and this man's father is my father's son." How is the man in the portrait related to George?

2006-12-03 11:22:09 · 7 answers · asked by susie q 2

I heard on the radio today that egg-laying hens are killed in a variety of horible-sounding ways after they are too old to lay eggs. I have been buying cage-free eggs for a while, hoping that the hens that lay these eggs are happier than regular hens. Does anyone know if their "retirement" is any better than average?

2006-12-03 11:22:08 · 2 answers · asked by firefly 6

2006-12-03 11:18:49 · 6 answers · asked by fawkingsupergirl 1

I am a grad student and TA in a math dept, a couple of months ago the dept moved me into this 6ft by 5ft office 3 floors underground with no window(of course). at first i would have to rush out every 60mins for some air, i would find it impossible to live with the persistent electric hum down there. but today i suddenly realized: i earn less than the lowest paid staff, most people even argue that i do not work at all, dont contribute to society which makes me a parasite, i spend approx 16 hrs a day in a 6by5 room and leave with a sense of having stolen from the world at 2am every night, and i sleep on the floor (i refuse to buy old furniture). my overall worth is negative, because people think i am actually cheating society by asking for free tuition. i think i have sunk to the lowest level of existence. the question is: is it possible to ever rise again? or is this my fate.

2006-12-03 11:17:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been rased in a Christian home and I've been trying to create a Christian home myself.
I am so tired and just don't think i can feel like this anymore and nothing looks like it's ever going to get better.
I can't get a good nights sleep and it's probably a matter of a few day's before I'm on the street without my family or anything to show for my worhless life. I know that sounds pethetic but after a few day's of standing around waiting on someone that does not really care and is abandening you.
I just want to stop the world and fade away. What do you think. Is ther nothing after you die? Is it just what you believe happens, that happens?

2006-12-03 11:11:14 · 4 answers · asked by Allen Elow 2

Every hour, every minute, every nano second?

Was just wondering, because, whether I am having sex or not, it's like every other minute I am thinking about something HOT and/or erotic, and possibly to distatasteful to publish here...lol

So how often do you think about sex?

2006-12-03 11:07:03 · 8 answers · asked by Q&A 2

First off..i am NOT against welfare. I think it is necessary when hard times fall on any one of us. Especially if a person is going to college to try to better themselves. Do you think the welfare reform laws that went in to effect about 5 years ago are working?
Is it really being reformed??

2006-12-03 10:58:04 · 5 answers · asked by bigbrian 1

Pros and cons about capital punishment???

2006-12-03 10:56:43 · 3 answers · asked by R A 2

ok,i have to play a part in this skit and i'm a villian but im wondering if its to seductive, im thinking of getting it made.

http://web.telia.com/~u52005414/ocarina/...

2006-12-03 10:48:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was watching a documentary on illegal drug use. In it they stated that the pleasurable feeling that one got from drugs like herion or meth was many times greater than anything that someone could humanly expereince. They showed brain scans to prove this. On interviewing people, they said that after having expereinced this ultimate high nothing else could compare. A star athlete said his biggest accomplishment of winning a State title, was nothing in comparision. Another guy said the birth of his daughter felt boring. Other people neglected food, sex, hobbies, etc........all after experiencing powerful drugs like opiates and meth.

So is it true, do drugs offer the ultimate sensation possible??? If this is true how can you fight such an incredible temptation?

2006-12-03 10:43:15 · 3 answers · asked by LanceMiller77 2

2006-12-03 10:38:19 · 5 answers · asked by John D 2

Is it all a pathetic show or have they any idea how this type of individual comes across in society as a NON NORMAL individual & total brain dead & uneducated morons with a total of zero braincells that they try to pass off as ...I'm a 21st century teenageger. brain dead from the waist up ..so F*** off ha ha .. & god help the next generation!!....Ask yourself???

2006-12-03 10:31:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its simple, but I need help!!!!!!!?
Its aphorisms for english, i have to get 50 of them so please help its for a project. It can be simple stuff, like.......
*look both ways before you cross the street.
*flush the toilet after you use the bathroom.
*always wear your seatbelt.
things like that, whoever puts the most, or creative ones, 10 points! Please help!
Asap!
or "good advice" lol. I have to do a book! help me out please! i love u guys! thanks

2006-12-03 10:25:43 · 5 answers · asked by stargurl_5887 3

I am looking for cotton fabric in a pink hibiscus print on a brown background. Do you know of any resources for Hawaiian fabric like this? I have searched the web pretty hard and am looking for alternative resources. Perhaps a fabric shop in Hawaii that would take an order over the phone.

2006-12-03 10:22:56 · 1 answers · asked by sunshine 2

Many of the members on this site have very absolute ideas about drug use. Like it turns you into a homeless junkie prostitute. Not true.

I am a drug user. I take prescription painkillers for fun. As a matter of fact, I am addicted, and I don't have a problem with that.

I am 20 years old, and I make more money in a month than most people make in a year (I sell residential real estate) I have never robbed for drug money nor have I stolen any drugs from anyone. I've never been in a violent altercation, nor do I have any enemies. I drive a nice car, live in a McMansion (home value about $850,000) and have had no legal problems aside from minor traffic violations.

So why do so many of you assume that I must be a junkie moron who lies, cheats and steals his way to temporary ecstacy? I'm FAR more successful than most people my age, and I have been using drugs for 4 years and running. I've never had any negative physiological or psychological effects.

Why am I seen as a criminal?

2006-12-03 10:09:32 · 10 answers · asked by Chris K 1

2006-12-03 09:47:33 · 24 answers · asked by catrinawithac 1

2006-12-03 09:47:19 · 12 answers · asked by MaRk 2

Here is the thing, I just checked the social security office and it turns out that live male births out number female live births in every decade after the 1930's. I know the life span for women is longer than for men, but that would mean that the balance difference shifting the majority to women would be in senior women. If that is so, why do we automatically think of women as the majority when that majority is only in the senior population?

2006-12-03 09:42:20 · 7 answers · asked by jbgot2bfree 3

why is this ask and answer thing so addicting?

2006-12-03 09:41:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are we classed as racist if we speak in suport of our culture.
England is a christian country, yet we are not allowed to openly expess our faith.
I do not understand why being multi cultured means we have to respect other religions whilst they have no respect for ours.
Is it time for English people to stand up and be heard?.
England has a culture lets repect it, be proud to be English.
Come on mr Cameron forget hug a hoody, flying the green flag, go back to basics suoprt the british public.

2006-12-03 09:40:14 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous